CoLIS 2013 - 8th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science

We invite authors to submit research papers, short papers, panels, workshops, alternative events and posters. Full papers are given priority. All submissions should be in English - the official language of the conference.
All accepted papers will be published in the journal Information Research and they will be indexed in Web of Science (/Social Sciences Citation Index and other important bibliographical databases).
Conference Themes
The theme of the conference is - as indicated in the name CoLIS - Conceptions (approaches, theories, etc.) of Library and Information Science (LIS).
Relatively well established subfields of LIS include:
Knowledge organization and information architecture
Knowledge management
Library studies
Information architecture
Information behavior
Interactive information retrieval
Information systems
Scholarly communication
Digital literacy
Bibliometrics and scientometrics
Interaction design and user experience
We are especially interested in papers discussing theoretical aspects of LIS, for example, by putting such relatively well established information science areas into interplay with broader issues such as (but not limited to):
rhetoric and communication theory,
philosophy of information and language,
social media and user generated innovation,
persuasive design,
cultural diversity in late modern societies,
social and cultural theory.
Etc.
Submissions
Research papers
The conference encourages the submission of high quality research papers that have not been previously published and are not under review for another conference or journal. Submissions are welcomed in any of the topic areas indicated above. All accepted papers will be published by the electronic journalInformation Research. Information Research is a peer-reviewed, ISI-indexed journal.
Submissions will be reviewed by at least two members of the international programme committee on the basis of the originality of the research presented in relation to conference themes, clarity of presentation, the quality of the theoretical contribution made by the research, the validity and rigour of the methodology chosen, the significance of the results presented and the overall contribution to the understanding of conceptions of library and information science.
Research papers should be submitted as a Word-document and contain at most 5,000 words. Please use the first author's surname as the filename. If you are submitting more than one paper add a number after the surname, e.g. smith1.doc, smith2.doc.
The first page must contain the title of the paper, an abstract of not more than 250 words, and up to 2 topic areas taken from the list of themes for CoLIS 8. Please add up to four keywords of your own for specifying the content.
Topic areas are necessary to ensure that your submission is reviewed by appropriate experts in your area of research. All submissions should be anonymous. No page should identify the authors or their affiliations. Authors who cite their previous work should refer to themselves in the third person, e.g. "Newton and Einstein (1905) demonstrated that…".
Short papers
Short papers should be submitted following the instructions for full research papers, but should contain at most 3,000 words. As a general rule short papers are used for presenting works in progress.
Panels, workshops, and alternative events
Proposals should include:
Type of event
Title of event/session
Short Abstract: Approximately 1.000 words
Organizer(s): Names and affiliations of the organizers
Length: Panels and alternative events are typically between 90 and 120 minutes in length. Workshops are either a Half or Full day
Participants: Expected/preferred number of participants
Proposed format: Including draft schedule, explanation of how it will appeal to the audience
Purpose, goals and expected outcomes
Value for R&D
Special requests/equipment needs
Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-set of the programme committee.
Posters
Posters are visual presentations of research in progress. They should be designed to be presented in a common room or circulation area, usually over a 90 minute period, during which participants circulate and talk to individual presenters in an informal manner. Poster submissions should consist of an extended abstract of maximum 1,000 words, emphasising the research problem and methods used.
Doctoral forum
Call for papers for the doctoral forum is to be announced later
How to submit
All submissions should be e-mailed to colis8-AT-iva.dk
Please indicate type of submission in the header.
Deadline for all submissions: March 1. 2013
Queries regarding submissions should be directed to Jeppe Nicolaisen (jni-AT-iva.dk), Chair of Publications and Proceedings.